How to add a package to Openmoko Repository

Installer Tech. Features

When Installer has been launched, it will actually try to detect repositories you installed. It will takes some time if your network condition is not so good.

Please run Installer with good network condition and good power supply.

According to this using USB connection is recommended.

Or connecting to WiFi with Charger.

Installer will refresh all the packages meta-data for every two days.

When running Installer, it will also launch packagekitd automatically, in which will lock the libopkg for synchronization issues, if you want to use opkg. You may terminate Installer and killall packagekitd.

Installer is a specialized GUI front-end of Packagekit over DBus interface.

If you are very geek, you actually can talk with Packagekit through DBus.

The default Packagekit backend on Neo is opkg, but not have to be opkg.

How to add a package to Openmoko Repository

Installer Tech. Features

When Installer has been launched, it will actually try to detect repositories you installed. It will takes some time if your network condition is not so good.

Please run Installer with good network condition and good power supply.

According to this using USB connection is recommended.

Or connecting to WiFi with Charger.

Installer will refresh all the packages meta-data for every two days.

When running Installer, it will also launch packagekitd automatically, in which will lock the libopkg for synchronization issues, if you want to use opkg. You may terminate Installer and killall packagekitd.

Installer is a specialized GUI front-end of Packagekit over DBus interface.

If you are very geek, you actually can talk with Packagekit through DBus.

The default Packagekit backend on Neo is opkg, but not have to be opkg.